Reflections on migration, race and British society since the 1960s, from a journalist who made history as the BBC’s first non-white editor.
Mihir Bose Book order
Mihir Bose is a British sports writer of Indian origin, known for his insightful perspective on the world of sports. His writing is characterized by a deep understanding of athlete psychology and the social impact of sporting events. Bose explores not just the game itself, but also its broader cultural and historical context.






- 2024
- 2022
PROSTrATE CANCER
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
In this intimate memoir charting his own personal experience of coming to terms with prostate cancer, Graham Sharpe brings humour and a light touch to a serious subject. Combating the shortage of reading material written by anyone with direct personal experience of the disease, this book seeks to educate, raise awareness and dispel...
- 2022
Dreaming the Impossible is the definitive book of racism in British sports. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of sport and his own personal experience of racism Mihir Bose examines the way racism has affected black and Asian sportsmen and women and how attitudes have evolved over the past fifty years.
- 2021
Strange Stuff by Graham Sharpe chronicles the weirdest, oddest, strangest, craziest antics and events to happen on racecourses to horses, jockeys, trainers, owners, bookies and racegoers over the years. You'll find hundreds of stories and unusual racing facts to dip in and out of and this latest book is the perfect gift for any horse racing fan.
- 2019
Vinyl Countdown
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Graham Sharpe's life has been played out to a background of personally significant vinyl-related events, and his own large and ever-growing collection of LPs not only reflects his musical addiction, but also represents an intensely direct link to many of his key experiences. In this unique book he considers all the elements of record collecting which he loves - and one or two he doesn't - as he continues his long-term project to visit every surviving second hand record shop in his own and other countries, and reports on the many characters he has encountered, and the adventures he has accrued along the way.
- 2019
The Nine Waves is a tour de force. An entertaining and up-to-date history of Indian cricket, it tells the story of the nine great waves of the game from 1932 to the present day. Each wave in Indian cricket was chock-full of stars, thrilling moments, great victories, heart-breaking losses and significant turning points.
- 2018
Lion and Lamb
- 120 pages
- 5 hours of reading
The great British dilemma is this: Britain is a country forever wrestling with two moral sides—whether to be viewed as a lion that roars and conquers, or a gentle lamb that gambols happily. In the days of the empire, one face meant the Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus, the Mother of Parliaments, and the country that harbored people forced to flee their homelands. But there also was an imperial face, where colonial subjects were made very aware that the British knew how to ensure obedience, even if that required the use of brutal force. Brexit has once again highlighted these dualities. In Britain’s Eternal Dilemma, Mihir Bose shows how those who voted to leave the E.U. want Britain to roar like a lion. In contrast, the Remainers saw Brexit as a self-inflicted wound, believing the only option is to live symbiotically with the rest of Europe for a common future. Writing from the unique perspective of an immigrant, Bose personifies this ongoing debate: He has experienced racism in his near half century in Britain, but he has also been provided unimaginable opportunities to become a writer, opportunities he would never have had in his native India. This timely book demonstrates that Britain is still wresting with its two-sided identity while also showing that Brexit is still the number one priority on the European political agenda.
- 2017
Mihir Bose was born in January 1947. Eight months later - and seventy years ago in August- India became a modern, free nation. The country he knew growing up in the 1960s has undergone vast and radical change. India today exports food, sends space probes to Mars, and all too often Indian businesses rescue their ailing competitors in the west.
- 2017
Fascinating story of a unique character who was one of the wealthiest, most eccentric women of her age.
- 2016
Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
The sole quintuple spy of the Second World War he was the only spy the Soviet Union shared with the British who codenamed him Silver. He fooled the Nazis into paying him GBP2.5 m. They also gave him a transmitter which he used to broadcast false military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross.